List of Tuamotu birds
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The Tuamotus have 57 species of birds. 10 are endemic, 13 are globally threatened and one is extinct.
[edit] Species list
- Royal Albatross, Diomedea epomophora - Rare/Accidental
- Black-browed Albatross, Thalassarche melanophris - Rare/Accidental
- Antarctic Giant Petrel, Macronectes giganteus - Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
- Phoenix Petrel, Pterodroma alba - Vulnerable
- Murphy's Petrel, Pterodroma ultima - Near-threatened
- Kermadec Petrel, Pterodroma neglecta
- Herald Petrel, Pterodroma arminjoniana
- Blue Petrel, Halobaena caerulea
- Grey Petrel, Procellaria cinerea - Near-threatened
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus pacificus
- Short-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris - Rare/Accidental
- Christmas Shearwater, Puffinus nativitatis
- Audubon's Shearwater, Puffinus lherminieri
- White-faced Storm-petrel, Pelagodroma marina
- Polynesian Storm-petrel, Nesofregetta fuliginosa - Vulnerable
- Red-tailed Tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda
- White-tailed Tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus
- Masked Booby, Sula dactylatra
- Red-footed Booby, Sula sula
- Brown Booby, Sula leucogaster
- Great Frigatebird, Fregata minor
- Lesser Frigatebird, Fregata ariel
- Pacific Reef-Heron, Egretta sacra
- Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata - Rare/Accidental
- Red Junglefowl, Gallus gallus
- Spotless Crake, Porzana tabuensis
- Pacific Golden-Plover, Pluvialis fulva
- Bristle-thighed Curlew, Numenius tahitiensis - Vulnerable
- Wandering Tattler, Heterosceles incanus
- Tuamotu Sandpiper, Prosobonia cancellata - Endemic, Endangered
- Ruddy Turnstone, Arenaria interpres - Rare/Accidental
- Sanderling, Calidris alba - Rare/Accidental
- Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos - Rare/Accidental
- Great Crested Tern, Sterna bergii
- Grey-backed Tern, Onychoprion lunata
- Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscata
- Black Noddy, Anous minutus
- Brown Noddy, Anous stolidus
- Blue Noddy, Procelsterna cerulea
- White Tern, Gygis alba
- Rock Pigeon, Columba livia
- Polynesian Ground-dove, Gallicolumba erythroptera - Endemic, Critically Endangered
- Makatea Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus chalcurus - Endemic, Vulnerable
- Atoll Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus coralensis - Endemic, Near-threatened
- Red-moustached Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus mercierii - Extinct
- Pacific Imperial-pigeon, Ducula pacifica
- Polynesian Imperial-pigeon, Ducula aurorae - Endangered
- Blue Lorikeet, Vini peruviana - Endemic, Vulnerable
- Long-tailed Koel, Eudynamys taitensis
- Tuamotu Kingfisher, Todirhamphus gambieri - Endemic, Vulnerable
- Tuamotu Reed-Warbler, Acrocephalus atyphus - Endemic
- Iphis Monarch, Pomarea iphis - Endemic, Vulnerable
- Marquesas Monarch, Pomarea mendozae - Endemic, Endangered
- Fatuhiva Monarch, Pomarea whitneyi - Endemic, Critically Endangered
- Silver-eye, Zosterops lateralis - Introduced species
- Common Myna, Acridotheres tristis - Introduced species
- Red-browed Firetail, Neochmia temporalis - Introduced species
[edit] References
- Splitting headaches? Recent taxonomic changes affecting the British and Western Palaearctic lists - Martin Collinson, British Birds vol 99 (June 2006), 306-323
- Lepage, Denis. Checklist of birds of Tuamotu Islands. Bird Checklists of the World. Avibase.
